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Last Month Was the Hottest June on Earth Ever Recorded
Jun 30, 2019
Last Month Was the Hottest June on Earth Ever Recorded
If you thought last month felt really, really hot, you were right. June 2019 was the hottest June on record for the globe. And, it was the second month in a row that balmy temperatures caused Antarctic sea ice coverage to reach a record low. The sizzling average land and...
The First Glacier Killed by Climate Change Is Getting a Haunting Memorial in Iceland
Jun 30, 2019
The First Glacier Killed by Climate Change Is Getting a Haunting Memorial in Iceland
Vikings thought it was a dead troll. Now, it's just dead ice. Okjökull (or just Ok, for short) is one of 400 ancient glaciers crowning the mountains of Iceland — at least, it was, until global warming shrank it so much that Ok officially lost its glacier status in 2014....
Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early
May 31, 2019
Arctic Permafrost Is Going Through a Rapid Meltdown — 70 Years Early
In the Canadian Arctic, layers of permafrost that scientists expected to remain frozen for at least 70 years have already begun thawing. The once-frozen surface is now sinking and dotted with melt ponds and from above looks a bit like Swiss cheese, satellite images reveal. We were astounded that this...
'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria May Be Spreading to Beaches Once Thought Off-Limits. Here's Why.
May 31, 2019
'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria May Be Spreading to Beaches Once Thought Off-Limits. Here's Why.
Flesh-eating bacteria that live in the ocean may be spreading to previously unaffected beach waters thanks to climate change, according to a new report. The report authors described five cases of severe flesh-eating bacterial infections in people who were exposed to water or seafood from the Delaware Bay, which sits...
Octopuses May Go Blind As Climate Change Sucks Oxygen Out of the Ocean
Apr 30, 2019
Octopuses May Go Blind As Climate Change Sucks Oxygen Out of the Ocean
Editor's Note: This story was updated at 11:20 a.m. E.D.T. on Friday, May 17 Turning light particles into visual information is hard work, and your body relies on oxygen to get the job done. This is true whether you walk the land on two limbs or swim through the sea...
More Than 250,000 People May Die Each Year Due to Climate Change
Dec 31, 2018
More Than 250,000 People May Die Each Year Due to Climate Change
In the coming decades, more than a quarter-million people may die each year as a result of climate change, according to a new review study. In 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that climate change would lead to about 250,000 additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050, from...
The Greenland Ice Sheet Is Melting at Astonishing Rate
Dec 31, 2018
The Greenland Ice Sheet Is Melting at Astonishing Rate
Last week, a cauldron of concerning news articles made two things very clear: The ocean is warming and Antarctica's ice is melting. Now, a new study shows how much global warming is pounding another area: Greenland. Greenland's ice sheet is not only melting, but it's melting faster than ever because...
How will sea levels change with climate change?
Nov 30, 2020
How will sea levels change with climate change?
Sea level rise is not a new phenomenon. For much of the 20th century, the global mean sea level has been inching upward — about 0.05 inches (1.4 millimeters) per year, according to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Global mean sea level is an average of all...
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
Nov 30, 2020
Ötzi the Iceman may have scaled ice-free Alps
Ötzi the Iceman, a Copper Age wanderer found mummified in the Alps nearly three decades ago, may have lived at a time when the glaciers were advancing down from the highest peaks to the lower slopes of the mountains. The ice that preserved Ötzi upon his death in about 3300...
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows
Jul 31, 2020
Two Canadian ice caps have completely vanished from the Arctic, NASA imagery shows
On frosty Ellesmere Island, where Arctic Canada butts up against the northwestern edge of Greenland, two once-enormous ice caps have completely vanished, new NASA imagery shows. It's no mystery where the caps, known as the St. Patrick Bay ice caps, went. Like many glacial features in the Arctic — which...
Siberian town records 100 degree F day — the hottest in Arctic history
May 31, 2020
Siberian town records 100 degree F day — the hottest in Arctic history
Siberia — the land of black snow, blood rain and spontaneous solar eclipses — may have just set a dire new climate record. On Saturday (June 20), temperatures in the far-north town of Verkhoyansk broke 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) for the first time, according to news reports. If...
World's richest person, Jeff Bezos gives $10 billion to fight climate change
Jan 31, 2020
World's richest person, Jeff Bezos gives $10 billion to fight climate change
The fight against climate change is getting a big infusion of cash. The world's richest person, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, announced on Monday (Feb. 17) that he's starting an organization devoted to that pressing cause — and he's putting in $10 billion of his own money to get it off...
UN confirms hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic
Nov 30, 2021
UN confirms hottest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic
The highest temperature ever recorded in the Arctic has been officially confirmed by the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization (WMO), sounding ''alarm bells'' about climate change. The temperature, a ''Mediterranean'' 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) — which was recorded in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk in June 2020 —...
Climate change is making Earth dimmer
Sep 30, 2021
Climate change is making Earth dimmer
Earth is reflecting less light as its climate continues to change, new research suggests. A beautiful phenomenon connects climate and brightness: clouds. Clouds are a notoriously complicated piece of the climate puzzle — scientists struggle to model how clouds will respond to climate change and how those responses in turn...
July 2021 was officially the hottest month ever
Jul 31, 2021
July 2021 was officially the hottest month ever
July 2021 was officially the hottest month in recorded history, according to new data released Friday (Aug. 13) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Last month, the combined land and ocean-surface temperature was 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit (0.93 degrees Celsius) higher than the 20th-century average, blowing past the previous...
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